Rough Draft

The Perfect Ending

The concert tri-fecta ended on Sunday with Straylight Run at Bottom of the Hill. Andrew joined Nick and I this time around. He hadn't been to a show before, so I lent him their CD and he really liked it. It's funny, when I saw them in Cleveland a bunch of people who didn't go to any other concerts (Angie, Tim, Jeff, and Dave) all came. I guess that just shows that Straylight is good stuff.

There were three openers: Say Anything, Northstar, and Hot Rod Circuit. I just recently started listening to Say Anything, so I enjoyed their set. Their songs and lyrics are just fun to listen to.

I haven't really heard much Northstar or Hot Rod Circuit before the show. Both were decent, but didn't greatly excite me. One interesting note is that Northstar is from Alabama, definitely not the typical pop/punk band home.

Finally Straylight took the stage. They played all the songs on their CD and John and Michelle covered Radiohead's I Will. Every song was great. Apparently no one knew the Radiohead song, because it was quiet for a second after they finished, but Nick being a huge Radiohead fan quickly started the clapping.

I absolutely love Mistakes We Knew We Were Making, and The Tension and The Terror was great live. And they totally rocked out at the end of their last song, Sympathy for the Martyr. Even MIchelle was tearing it up on the keyboard.

There was one amusing moment during the show when someone shouted "John!" in between songs. So John says, "Yes?". "You're the man!" "You're right, I am the man, thanks for pointing that out" Silly John.

After the show I was able to get everyone to sign my liner notes. And I even talked to Michelle a little this time, she was really nice and is such a cutie. :-)

Oh, and if going to this show makes me a jackass, then I'm proud of it!